You don´t want me anymore
Steel Breeze Lyrics

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Undecided, don't know where to go

Don't know what I'm gonna do, oh
Uninvited, I'm knockin' at your door
And I would like to call on you, but
You don't want me anymore

So let me explain 'cause I don't want to lose you

You don't want me anymore
I tried so hard, so hard to please you
I remember, baby, on the day you left

You said you'd never understand, oh
But I keep thinkin' if you try real hard
You can give me just one more chance, 'cause
You don't want me anymore

So let me explain 'cause I don't want to lose you
You don't want me anymore
No
I know you're thinkin'

I'm just no good (I know you're thinkin')
But I won't give up
So give it up
You don't want me anymore

You don't want me anymore
You don't want me anymore
You don't want me anymore

Undecided, don't know where to go

Don't know what I'm gonna do
Uninvited, I'm knockin' at your door
Like I've a right to call on you
CHORUS

You don't want me anymore
Let me explain, 'cause I don't want to lose ya
You don't want me anymore
Tried so hard, so hard to please ya
I remember baby, on the day you left

You said you'd never understand
I keep thinkin' if you try real hard
You could give me just one more chance
REPEAT CHORUS

I know you're thinkin', I'm just no good (I know you're thinkin')

But you won't give up, givin' love
GUITAR BREAK

You don't want me anymore

You don't want me anymore
You don't want me anymore

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Steel Breeze's song "You Don't Want Me Anymore" describe the singer's struggle to understand why the person they love has left them. The singer is "undecided" and "don't know where to go" without their love. Despite being "uninvited" and unwanted, the singer still longs for their love to give them another chance. The singer remembers the day they left and is pleading for just one more chance. They understand that their love might think they're "no good," but they won't give up on trying to win them back. Ultimately, the singer is left alone and heartbroken, as their love "don't want me anymore."

The lyrics of "You Don't Want Me Anymore" convey a message of desperation and heartbreak that many people can relate to. The singer's emotional delivery and the simple, straightforward lyrics make the song easy to connect with. The song uses classic rock sounds and instrumentation, with a catchy guitar riff and driving beat. Steel Breeze had several other popular songs in the early '80s, but "You Don't Want Me Anymore" remains one of their most enduring hits.

Line by Line Meaning

Undecided, don't know where to go
I am uncertain and lost in life, not sure where to head towards

Don't know what I'm gonna do, oh
I am clueless and unsure of what actions to take

Uninvited, I'm knockin' at your door
I am intruding at your doorstep without prior invitation

And I would like to call on you, but
I am interested in your company, but

You don't want me anymore
You have lost interest in forming a relationship with me

So let me explain 'cause I don't want to lose you
I need to clarify my intentions to avoid losing your companionship

I tried so hard, so hard to please you
I made significant efforts to satisfy you

I remember, baby, on the day you left
I recall the day when you decided to end our bond

You said you'd never understand, oh
You expressed your impression that I could never comprehend your feelings

But I keep thinkin' if you try real hard
I believe that you could change your viewpoint if you put enough effort into it

You can give me just one more chance, 'cause
I am requesting another opportunity from you

No
I am negating something

I know you're thinkin'
I am aware that you have certain thoughts in your mind

I'm just no good (I know you're thinkin')
You have come to believe that I am incompetent

But I won't give up
I will persist in my efforts

So give it up
You should abandon this view of mine

Let me explain, 'cause I don't want to lose ya
Allow me to clarify myself as I do not desire to lose you

Tried so hard, so hard to please ya
I have put in immense effort to satisfy you

REPEAT CHORUS
Repeat the refrain of the song

GUITAR BREAK
An instrumental interlude section featuring the guitar

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Comments from YouTube:

@zatchbell622

5y↑448

My dad is the bassist. He’s the one with the lite afro. He’s still playing music today, at 64 years old. He’s VERY good at what he does.

@deajiddqhavik2261

4y↑10

Same here 64, remember these musicians way back 1987 Vallejo Cali "talk of the town " super club had a bbblast!!

@deajiddqhavik2261

4y↑9

They were very good, used to watch them live at Talk of the Town super club Vallejo cali way back 1987

@shave-a-thon3415

4y↑10

I saw them open for a superstar act at Madison Square Garden when they had this fantastic hit. I remember really looking forward to seeing it played live. Can you ask your father if it was Rod Stewart? (see update below. I think it was actually Hall & Oates). I love reading comments when members of the family of the artist are posting. Any musician that manages to be in a band that has a Top 20 hit has to be talented. You should be very proud of your dad. This song should have gone top 10 easily. I thought it would go to #1. I constantly played it on my Walkman when going to work I still have it in my mp3 player from time to time. If I remember, Budweiser used the song for a national ad campaign.

@davidcroteau510

4y↑5

I probably saw your dad and rick at the O in Sacramento that was the bond along with city kid old school

@davidcroteau510

4y↑5

Id like to meet your dad being a old school fan of steel breeze

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@AdrianBotello1

2y↑27

This is a great song that not too many people remember. It was super catchy!!!

@ronniesmith8941

31w↑5

I still have the cassette this song is on.

@stacycvt

2y↑26

this song just randomly popped into my head tonight. So thankful that others love it too!

@stacycvt

I was born in 1972, so I was really a kid, when it came out, but it stuck with me! I'm 50 now! Great song :)

@bonniemorrow283

I've loved this song from day one !

@brucewalter3326

6y↑185

Rick Jacobs the lead singer of this band, passed away this past 1/17/2018. I went to Downers Grove South High School with him, although he was a year older and hung out with my sister and her friends, I remember him as a very talented guy and great fun to be around. This video was one of the first on MTV and he will always be remembered for it. Rest in peace Rick, you will be missed.

@dave9497

6y↑13

Bruce Walter these wonderfully talented people leave such a hole in our lives when they leave us... God bless.

@MrPizza063

6y↑14

oh thats so sad to hear about he's passing no doubt this song has always been a favourite of mine and has many good memories from 1983 so rip rick

@KurtElliott

5y↑5

We used to see them at The Oasis Ballroom in Sacramento back in the 80's back when they made this video, might have seen them at other places too. John Sheehan of Ian Shelter lived close to me and went to my high school, I have not talked to him for years, I guess he is up in Auburn nowadays, I keep trying find their song "Give Me A Reason" and no luck, all I find is "Prior Park".

@Jeff-BrokenJaw

5y↑9

I had no idea he passed away. It's nice to think of how many people he entertained, especially this song. In the early 90's I was driving back from Ohio and had the radio on an 80's station when this song came on. I hadn't heard it since it dropped off the Top 40. I was so excited to hear it!

@AlexDeChristian6323

5y↑7

Bruce Walter my dad passed away the same day and year due to Alzheimer's, 😢

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@xennial80sxberner

5y↑34

One of those obscure 80s hits but it's really catchy. Sounds like it would've been perfect in a teen movie

@ldavinci3649

26w↑1

It's gonna happen 😊

@freedom4mealways

2y↑15

This song hit the charts 40 years ago!

@billykelly1013

2y↑11

Still a killer guitar going through this early 80s gem

@ravipeiris4388

3y↑19

After 30 years, suddenly this song popped into my mind.....so, grateful to YouTube and the person who uploaded this song. Although this song is the only one I know from the band.....it's a powerful one to reach across time and touch me decades later,

Ravi Peiris M.D.

@yoot74

2y↑1

I'm 52 years old and this song still pops into my head . Played this like ten times in a row last night upon finding this.

@suereed8353

27w

Live tonight at GSR in Reno NV!!

@jackieb376

9y↑95

AHHHH THE 80'S! This song should be played more!

@decimated550

B. Smith This song and what do all the people know by the monroes R2 little known songs that should be much more well known. Or come to think of it I’m happy that they are under rated jams which more sensitive music types like you and I are aware of

@decimated550

3y↑1

These guys and the monroes should have toured together. And then I would build a time machine and go back in time and have the night of my life

@bogdanhiges728

Yeah 😥

@raymondalmario3056

Yeas indeed!! 🙃

@marychristinenewell8780

1y↑5

Love this song it’s still rocks❤

@billeyring6208

2y↑6

A quintessential 80s band playing a quintessential 80s tune in a quintessential 80s video. Love it!

@mattgeary9987

1y↑6

Existence didn't deserve a song this good. Thanks for everything, fellas.

@davidb1973

5y↑10

Unabashedly 80's sounding pop-rock! Wonderful tune! It's a shame that Ric passed away not too long ago. RIP, Mr. Jacobs.

@RandyOnTheRadio

9y↑19

I heard this the first time on American Bandstand with Dick Clark. I ran out the same day and bought the album. I was spinning tunes in the clubs at the time. I played the hell out of this track in the clubs. Loved this song then, and still do. Great tune.

@gigamine5350

Amen Randy!

@philip2010

21w

This song was huge number one hit these came out of nowhere and top the charts took the world by surprise

@mybourbon

8y↑23

I saw these guys in 1982 live. They opened for Kansas at the Alladin in Las Vegas. They friggin rocked their set.

@donr6705

5y↑2

Ha! I saw Kansas in 1979 (at Clemson University), and they were preceded by "Sniff'n the Tears" - a one-hit wonder who wrote "Driver's Seat" (remember it?) They were just awful - probably the single-worst act I've ever seen that was supposed to be a real act. They were actually booed by the Clemson audience (not the most sophisticated consumers of music in the world).

@Proud.American58

2y↑1

Wow, with Kansas. They almost seem like opposites. Seems Steel Breeze was more in the SPYS “Don’t Run My Life” genre. I remember going to see Bad Company and Kansas opened for them. That was a great concert. Bad Co. was good but Kansas blew them away !!!

@jamesj.litteriojr.433

2y↑5

I was 13 years old when this song came out and it was one of my favorite songs for that year in the 80's. I had a 12 inch compilation record from K-TEL Records and bought the vinyl just for this song back then. AWESOME SONG!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD

@wwltd3036

1y↑1

Blastoff !!!

@jamesj.litteriojr.433

@WWLTD You're are correct!!! Thanks for the info!!! 👍

@roberth1491

3y↑10

I saw this band perform in 1982 at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas when they opened for The Who on their 1st "Final Tour". Billy Squire was the other opening act. I can honestly tell you that it was one of the best concert experiences that I've ever had. Steel Breeze was simply awesome! Rock & Roll never dies!!

@sabbyalonzo3793

1y↑3

This song, The group Saga, XTC, and a host of other bands and their music in the 80's . . . . They never have let me down.

@MarchMadness45

8y↑49

That lead break alone made several people want to play guitar.

@eddierayvanlynch6133

6y↑3

Guilty.
😊
This was a go-to for air guitar.

@RollTideRising

3y↑2

I still am trying to figure out some of that solo 35 years later . I always loved that solo

@tanyaivie5265

10y↑84

OMG, I went to their concert and we actually partied with the band before the concert. I still have my concert ticket, a dollar bill they signed and a picture in a frame. Dang I am getting old....

@robertferguson136

10y

so you were a groupie! just like banger sisters!

@gremlinjr2

9y↑3

Haha . Yeah .. I Know the Feeling ! .. '82 .. what a Great Year in Music ! .. Too Bad Steel Breeze went Nowhere .. They were actually Pretty Good ! :) ..
I've Still got the Record .. One hit Wonder !! :)

@LNSmithee

9y↑9

Don't apologize for getting old. At least you're able to say you remember when really talented people played their own instruments in live concerts. And you're still cute. ;)

@xennial80sxberner

9y↑2

Tanya Ivie I have teenage memories of this song when I found it on a used K-Tel tape in 2002 (nowhere near as cool as yours lol), and it scares me how long ago even that is now! I guess the upside to these dudes not being major stars is it was easier to meet them.

@williamdecker9825

4y↑1

LOL, I saw them with Hall and Oats

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@snowsbeau

6y↑5

I played this song until the cassette tape broke. Still love it.

@sparkplugsteve402

2y↑3

I bought this single on 45, and still have it, an eighties classic in my eyes. Brings back my youth, well, I wish it did.

@suzettedonovan3861

3y↑5

There is nothing to hate about this song.

@Jeff-BrokenJaw

9y↑10

One of my favorites from the 80's.

@griffinmatter

9y↑42

I talked my grandma into buying this 45 for me one Saturday at the mall when I was a wee lad. Great memories of listening to it over and over. :)

@Harv72b

7y↑3

My grandparents literally ditched my parents & I at a state (county?) fair in California so they could see a Steel Breeze concert. We were living overseas at the time & hadn't seen them for about 4 years.

In other words, my grandma story is better than your grandma story. :p

@thathawaiiandude787

6y↑1

griffinmatter bless our sweet grandmothers hearts. Mine was so gracious in buying me my first 45’s....Billy Joel’s “It’s Still Rock n Roll To Me” and Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up”. This STEEL BREEZE song really brings back memories, man! It wasn’t too popular here in Hawaii. But I’ve learned over the years that I have better taste in music than most here. Lol. Jk

@brettisaacs5795

2y↑3

Another piece of 80s gold, I don't think I've ever heard it on the radio just remembered it from MTV's heyday I was a kid I'm not that damn old

@nealbfinn

4y↑3

#16 on the Hot 100....and #100 for the year. Not bad. The guitar solo is excellent. All the one-hit wonders got to write a page in rock's history. Or a paragraph anyway.

@shawnstephens1251

17w

Used to really like this song in the 80's but haven't heard it in years. The other day, for some reason, it popped into my head, and I had to look it up.

@PineyRider

2y↑3

I remember this song because of the Pink Floyd inspired name of the group. Extra credit for that.

@KarlosAMRR

9y↑5

Usted ya no me desea mas ? "You Do not Want Me Anymore" es el título de una canción de 1982 Acero Breeze de su álbum debut homónimo. La canción fue lanzada como single en los Estados Unidos y lo hizo al número 16 en el Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, con la ayuda de un video memorable que fue un éxito en principios de MTV . También fue el último single carta jamás producido por Kim Fowley .

@zakfulci854

1y↑2

I remember going to Tower Records to buy this single. I played it a lot! It was really popular at parties.

@silverfeather1961

8y↑31

Yo I don't care what anyone thinks, this was my JAM! I still love it!

@jackieb376

right???

@silverfeather1961

8y↑3

+B. Smith 👍👍

@jerrygil1965

Amen

@jackieb376

9y↑25

LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!

@williamhill1353

6y↑1

B. Smith me too. this is pure 80's

@raymondalmario3056

Me threee

@Donnie_Prestwood

2y↑3

Forgot all about this great tune until I heard it on the radio today. Had to quickly write down the name and artist (glad the DJ said Steel Breeze) or I may have not known. If I had not moved down to Florida recently I may have never heard this song again for back home their wasn't many radio stations to choose from like here. BACK WHEN MUSIC WAS GREAT!

@MW-xb4rz

2y↑2

I have a pretty respectable music collection and I listen to music many hours of the day. It should count for something when I tell you that I have not heard this song since it was big. It's been decades since I even thought about this band.

@bethturner7014

42w

Steel Breeze made a brief appearance at the El Dorado Saloon in Carmichael, California the night that they signed with (I think) RCA records and they preformed this song. It must have been getting some pretty good air time in Sacramento because there wasn’t one person that didn’t already know the song. They were great and sooo easy on the eyes. As my mother used to say...”They can park their shoes underneath my bed anytime!”

@jcollins1305

6y↑2

What a great song. Totally lost hit from the 80’s, they don’t make em like this anymore! The video is great and the girl was super hot. What more can you ask for?

@lazarus611

8y↑8

A great lost 80's hit.I remember I bought the cassette version of the album, I wonder what became of it.

@fabsnaggle730

5y↑2

Love this song always!!

@marinohilario

5y↑3

Estuvieron en mi Pais Republica Dominicana en enero del 1983, tremendo concierto maravillosos

@carmenmorban1008

Lo recuerdo, en Altos De Chavon

@charliepr65

4y↑5

Great music from a great era ‼️‼️‼️

@mgrella63

4y↑2

1982 was an Awesome year! Love this song!!

@richardmarkmartinez6419

9y↑2

One of my all-time favorites

@heathergoetz3201

51w

I had just moved from England, married into the U.S.A.F. We were stationed at Tyndall A.F.B. I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it on the radio...so many good memories connected to this ....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@rfphill

3y↑1

It totally takes me back. I don't remember the song on the radio, but for some reason I remember the video. That guitar solo is quite nice...

@asweet2994

3y↑3

LOVE the 80's!!! Wish I could go back with what I know now.

@brucewalter3326

3y↑4

Lead singer Rick Jacobs passed coming up on three years ago. I went high school with him, Downers Grove South....I remember going to Rocky Glen, a forest preserve near Aregon labs. He had his guitar, and was playing while we were partying. I asked him if he could play Jumping jack flash, which he immediately started to play. He just had that musical talent we all admire. I have to watch this video every so often, because he just was too young to leave. Amazing person. Deepest sympathies to his family still.

@dampergoldenrod4156

Where did Rick Jacobs grow up in central California

@Mark-hk2ch

44w

Great song and great lead guitar

@johnjasmin734

2y↑1

always loved this song

@sirtrevorgielgudburton-gui3102

4y↑3

Great music from better days!

@matsandersson8857

25w

Great song! I used to have the LP before i sold most of them some years back.

@pontiacguy28

7y↑22

I just heard this song on the 80s channel on the XM. Hell yeah this is a good jam!

@stephangross7391

@pontiacguy28 I know your post is 5 years old, but I just heard this song for the first time in a very long time on the very same channel yesterday. Great tune.

@amaru4029

2y↑1

Loved this one. Remember watching these guys on American Bandstand on Sat morning. Very catchy.

@celestialstarseed111

3y↑1

Was just watching an 80's commercial for a KTEL record and this song was in the record...I remember this song!...what a blast from the past!

@jeffreydooley3745

5y↑3

1982, I was a junior in high school at Sacramento High School and this song was huge on Sacramento radio, KZAP 98.5 fm. Until now, I had totally forgot about this Sac Town Classic. This song can bring back a lot of forgotten memories.

@xennial80sxberner

Whoa, I was raised in Sac during the 90s but didn't know of this song yet (not until the early 2000s). Knowing the band were from my hometown makes me feel more connected to it though.

@rogerkline8180

Love this tune!

@PennsylvaniaHistoryBuff

5y↑1

Had to Google this song after having it randomly come into my mind after all these years. An early MTV memory from when I was only 7-8 years old.

@simonalyneenderz3247

47w

Great pop song! I was 10 or 11 when I heard this song. A fave, always!!!!

@ayahmisai5806

3y↑5

80" still the best of my life..
😎🙄😍😥☕🚬🇲🇾👍

@albertardiscohn4900

6y↑4

This is a personal favorite album.

@sstacey3201

2y↑2

My friend and I listened to this on a sony walkman on the school bus. I used to pretend to play the keyboard parts. So funny..we loved it..still do

@ekrupa2010

40w

I have always loved this song, and this video is so fun and silly :)

@karinmcdonald2533

2y↑2

My late husband loved this band. Told me he even knew the members when they were just starting out in California. Darin C McDonald miss you dearly.

@danwohlslagel1277

2y↑1

Ahh man- I remember this - it was my 8th grade year. This was my theme song, I had an "Ocean Pacific" shirt and pierced my left ear thought it was SO COOOOOL!!

@latinguy67

5y↑3

I remember buying one of those K-Tel variety albums that highlighted the Hits of 1982. This song was on it. And I would play this song the most. I STILL have that album, 37 years later in pretty good condition. Great period piece/song. It's aged quite well.

@jwf155

4y↑1

I remember that album !!!!

@latinguy67

@jwf155 AWESOME! It has that Beach Boys medley on it!

@cindylaventure9746

This was my favorite song in the eighties I love steel breeze people say they were a one hit wonder no they won't weren't

@hadoenough

9y↑8

Found it on cd years ago....helluva find!

@seanhogan9704

1y↑1

It's really interesting to read these comments. This is one of my favorite songs and videos. I have to listen to it at least once a month. I still have the 45 record single. Ironic that I live in Chicago are and never knew they were from here.

@michaelpryor2981

4y↑2

love this song out of sacramento back in the day .....written for his girl friend (who worked at APA off of cottage) and when she found out the song was for her she took him back!! rip Rick!

@hubertpilk

22w

I was in a group with Vinnie in Yuba city, the dude is a class act. And a decent human being.

@Kohntarkosz

10y↑4

Finally! The complete video! Every other upload of this song on Youtube has the intro snipped off, and I don't think I ever saw the end of the video, either. I think when MTV showed it, they faded out at the point where she hands the rose to the singer and he looks as he sings the chorus one more time. Always thought this was a cool song!

@gansosmansos

4y↑1

My bet is that with the bass and drums mixed higher, this would have been a huge hit.

@67amiga

Really good song. I heard some other song playing in the background of some video short, and I suddenly remembered this song. Strange how you forget some songs, and something can just trigger that memory and get you searching the internet to find that song. Don't know why I forgot it, as the video is pretty rememberable as well.

@rodneykingston6420

2y↑1

I remembered the name of this band, and I remembered the story about how someone listened to a box of demo tapes that was about to be discarded and found only one worthwhile song, but I totally forgot what the song sounded like. Well, now I remember, thank you Youtube.

@michaeltaylors2456

3y↑1

The guitar riff is dope

@Mark-hk2ch

44w

For 1982 a great song with a great lead guitar

@RaceFanDana

3y↑2

I loved the guitar riff of this song. They always reminded me of the Producers ("She Sheila") sound-wise.

@dampergoldenrod4156

She Sheila is a far better song but with the poor name and she Sheila barely got any radio play because I never remember hearing it

@RaceFanDana

@Damper Goldenrod I think it was on MTV at the time but not in any heavy rotation. I first heard it / them when they played at The Cellar in Fayetteville, NC

@chrismazur2523

6y↑7

RIP Rick Jacobs. You will be missed, my friend.

@ThePokersurfer

1y↑1

Played this cassette till it wore out and bought another one!

@emeraldstream

4y↑1

What a great song

@user-gy2ux2se7q

41w

Forty years later, and the maid at 2:29 is still living rent-free in my head.

@rmullenaux

4y↑3

I still have this on vinyl...

@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882

20w

RockiN' For Us Old Timers and all the Retro-Girls!

@jason75

7y↑2

I was in grade 7 in 1982 when this song came out, then highschool in 1983. Good ole memories from the 80s

@charlesshigley399

8y↑15

a blast from when music was good not like the crap they have now

@RDK860

5y↑2

Hit the Top 40 on 8/28/82, Peaked at No. 16, 20 Weeks on the Chart!

@charlesshigley2956

4y↑2

so many have passed.they will always live in music

@UserNameWasCensored

9y↑5

Crazy!

I remember this video perfectly - especially the mustache swapping to the different guys in the band and the guitar solo - but I have no memory of the actual song.

@walterschafer2138

6y↑1

Brings back some fond High school memories ... Thanks for posting .

@goldcountrylamas9087

7y↑23

I remember when Kenny worked at Tower Records in Sacramento, dreaming about a recording contact. Sometimes wishes DO come true...

@xennial80sxberner

5y↑4

Just found out the frontman Rick Jacobs died in 2018. Reading his obituary it's even sadder how the 80s are so long ago that he was presented as a regular dude who used to be in a band when he was young, as just a passing footnote of his life. I'm one of the youngest 80s kids (born '85) but that makes me feel super old.

@dampergoldenrod4156

Depressing to read all these people having good times. At one time are now deceased

@ronniesmith3521

7y↑2

Haven't heard this song in a long time. I have the cassette this song is on.

@kengyang1908

2y↑2

Great guitar solo

@daveredinger1947

2y↑1

Cool song .. always liked it....

@mattman3495

3y↑1

Best decade ever!

@gansosmansos

4y↑2

How have I never heard of this song until today?

@sjhoff

44w

It's odd but I actually remember this because of the bands name. I was a kid but I remember thinking,what a great band name.

@mellogee7861

48w

Summer of '82. I remember it well. 😎

@garyjones5344

2y↑1

Had Steel Breeze at THE LOST C Night Club in Versailles, Ohio when (You don't Want Me Anymore) came out. They put on one hell of a show. Always wanted to have them back. But never was able to get them booked.

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